MBTA Contract Nos. U90PS13, U90PS14, U90PS15, U90PS16

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

MBTA Contract Nos. U90PS13, U90PS14, U90PS15, U90PS16,

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting qualifications for an on-call, task order-based Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Services. Through task order contracts with up to four firms/ teams, services may include advice to and consultation with, Department of Energy & Environmental Affairs staff on (1) climate change vulnerability assessments; (2) multidiscipline engineering services (i.e. mechanical, electrical, energy, civil, etc.) to design climate change resiliency measures for physical infrastructure, (3) policy and planning support for improving resiliency of the MBTA’s policies and administrative processes, (4) climate change risk and resiliency communications for both internal and external audiences, and (5) other activities that may assist the MBTA in building capacity to minimize climate change risk.

The value of each contract will be $1,000,000. The duration of this contract will be three (3) years with two additional one (1) year options to extend.

This project is expected to utilize Federal and non-federal funding. The DBE participation goal for this project is 20% of the total amount authorized. In addition, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime consultants, sub-consultants and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities.

The complete Request for Qualifications can be found on the MBTA website.
Please see the following link:

http://bc.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/

This is not a Request for Proposal. The MBTA reserves the right to cancel this procurement or to reject any or all Statements of Qualifications.

Gina Fiandaca
MassDOT Secretary & CEO

Jeffrey Gonneville
Interim General Manager